Swamp Root Kidney Liver and Bladder Medicine, Box

Item

Title

Swamp Root Kidney Liver and Bladder Medicine, Box

Creator

Kilmer Company

Date

After 1906

Abstract

A Package of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root after 1906. This box demonstrates the changes in packaging and advertising after the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act

Language

English

Medium

Web

Description

Item is an example of Type 6 snake Oil: 'snake oil' as a pejorative for any of various cure-alls & tonics, especially, many containing alcohol.

Bibliographic Citation

Dr. Kilmer and Company. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. After 1906. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America. http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ZCQ00 /id/286. 

Publisher

UB LIS563 Digital Libraries Class

Contributor

New York Heritage Digital Collections

Rights

Digital image copyright 2012 Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Center for Inquiry and Dr. Joe Nickell. Users of this Web site are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.